Italy coach Mauro Berruto: “A great success for Italy. I’m really proud of my team because Cuba is a really strong opponent. We maintained a great concentration despite we were all ready qualified for the Final Eight, we did a great game with a fantastic recovery in the final set."

Italy captain Cristian Savani: “It has been a hard fight. I’m very happy of our game, over all for the great spirit demonstrated during all the match especially in the last set."

Cuba captain Leon Venero Wilfredo: “We have lost but we have to improve from our mistakes. We must go on."

Cuba coach Orlando Samuels: “Good luck to Italy and thank you to the audience attending the match in the PalaRaschi. We need more experience and for this reason we made too many mistakes."